You Might Like This One
Author: East Side
Pairing: MK/CW
You Might Like This One
Chapter Two
Wufei stood and told Mariemeia to stand. He took a hold of the rope that held her hands together and lead her to the stairs. The boards creaked with every step as they made their way to Wufei's room. He opened the door and didn't say anything as he ushered her in. The room was alive with light from the wall lamps. The floor was covered in a thick dark carpet and the walls where half covered with mahogany wood. The other half was painted deep yellow. There were books and papers covering the desk by the window seat and a sleepy cat was stretching on the small bed.
"Nice place." Mariemeia said her voice dripping with sarcasm. He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around towards him.
"I have no intention of harming you, Mariemeia, but if you attempt escape, or if you leave this room without my permission, you will be punished." Wufei said.
"I will untie your hands, but the door will remain locked." He continued. Sitting down on the window seat, Mariemeia wondered what her father was doing. Dorothy was probably sharpening her swords, and Une was cleaning all her guns since they would have found out by know that she had been captured.
Seeing a movement out of the corner of her eye, she turned to see Wufei undressing to put on pajamas. Her face flushed as she turned her head away and picked up one of the books on the table. 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle' the title read. "I loved this book!" Mariemeia exclaimed.
Wufei looked up, surprised. "I just bought that one, I haven't had time to read it yet." He said softly.
"Yeah right. Your just too busy with the million other books you've got in here." She said, standing to look at some more titles.
Wufei walked over and looked through a stack of paperbacks. When he found what he was looking for he handed the book to Mariemeia. "You might like this one." He said.
"Thanks." She replied, wondering why her enemy was being so...hospitable instead of hostile.. Eyeing her uniform Wufei asked; "Would you like something else to sleep in?"
"Yes." Mariemeia said, hesitantly. He went over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. He handed them to her and waited outside the door.
'These are the weirdest kidnappers in the world.' She thought pulling the tee-shirt over her head.
Mariemeia woke to the sound of rustling. Looking over at the desk, she saw Wufei scribbling away at a report. He looked up at her as she rose and stretched.
"What are you doing?."She asked coming and looking over his shoulder. His black hair was still wet from the shower he just took. shoulder. She almost fell asleep standing up, until Wufei stood suddenly and told her he would bring her something to eat. She heard him going down the creaky steps.
'Before I escape I have to figure that guy out.' She thought as she sat down in the chair and waited for him to come back.
10 minutes later, she stood up. 'Damn it Wufei! Hurry up! I have to go to the bathroom!' Mariemeia thought as she paced around the room. When she absolutely couldn't hold it any longer she drew a deep breath.
"WUUUFEII!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. She heard someone bounding up the stairs and the door to her room was unlocked and Wufei rushed in.
"WHAT!" He asked
"I have to go to the bathroom." She said in a low voice.
"What?" He asked. Then he did something she was not expecting...He laughed, he threw back his head, and laughed. He moved aside so she could go to the bathroom. As she raced by him he said; "You are insane, Mariemeia." As he turned and walked back downstairs, tears of laughter in his eyes.
Thinking no harm would come if she went downstairs, she walked into the kitchen. The gundam pilots were lounging around the television watching her father make a speech. She sat down in one of the chairs, and listened as her father told the people that whoever kidnaped her, he would give them anything they demanded to get her back unharmed. Then the camera shifted to two female soldiers. Mariemeia groaned. They were her two best friends. The camera-man asked if they had anything to say to the kidnappers.
"Yes, We do. You little fkers, I'm going to tear you limb from limb if she has even one scratch on her!" Sakura shouted.
The camera shifted to Dagger. "Your all dead! I'm going to stab you all in a Dorothy-like fashion!" She screamed.
Duo and Quatre laughed, Heero and Wufei at least smirked..and Trowa (like usual) didn't do anything.
She looked at the others and said; "What do you plan to do with me now?" Heero handed her a cordless phone.
"I want you to call His Excellency." Mariemeia looked at the phone Heero held out to her without taking it. Knowing that if she did call, they would tell him to trade his life for hers.
"Call." Heero said, pulling out his gun (from god knows where) and aiming it at her. She took the phone and dialed Triezes office. 'Please don't be there. Please don't be there.' She thought as his secretary pick up.
"I would like to speak with General Trieze Khushrenada." Mariemeia requested. "Please hold for one moment." The secretary said, as she put her though to her father.
"Hello." Trieze said. "Hello father." She said.
"Mariemeia! Where are you? Are you alright?" He asked. "I don't know where I am, and yes, I'm fine. Whatever they request to get me back, don't do it!" She said fast before the phone was yanked out of her grasp.
"Trieze. If you want your daughter back, you will give up your life for hers. Understood?" Heero asked.
After a moment of silence, Trieze said; "I cannot do that. I have to think of my soldiers and OZ. Mariemeia is just another soldier, one who was captured and must face her fate like any other soldier. I don't believe she would want me to give up OZ to protect her." Trieze refused.
"Hn.You just gave the orders for your own daughters execution." Heero said hanging up.
Mariemeia smiled grimly. He had refused.
'Yes!' Mariemeia thought. 'Now I can live the rest of my very short life without my fathers death on my shoulders.' The kitchen was silent. She looked around at the pilots.
"When?" She asked.
"You will be executed at dawn." Heero said, leaving the room.
Wufei stood and escorted her to his room. When he shut the door he muttered; "That was dishonorable." "What was?" Mariemeia asked puzzled. "The fact that he would not give up his life for yours!" He said throwing a book across the room in frustration.
"I don't want to kill you." Wufei admitted, standing in the middle of the room. "Then don't." She said sitting down on the window seat.
"Could I ask you some questions?" Mariemeia asked.
"What kind of questions?" He asked. "Why do you fight for the colonies?" She said. A mix of emotions passed through Wufei's expression. He sighed and sat down on his bed.
"I fight for the colonies because I lived in a colony that was destroyed in the first Operation Meteor. I was the only one that survived the explosion. My clan, The Dragon Clan, where killed, leaving me to fight for justice alone. Your father was the one who ordered it to be destroyed." He answered.
"He what! He ordered it to be destroyed and not just occupied?" Mariemeia asked not believing what she was hearing. When Wufei nodded, he asked; "What exactly are you fighting for?" "I...I'm fighting for control of weapons in space." She replied. " "Why? There are weapons on earth, why are you fighting to destroy them in space?" Wufei asked. Mariemeia was silent. "What are you fighting for?" She asked.
"Peace and justice." He said as he stood and walked over to her.
"You have been manipulated by Trieze to believe the weapons in space are to take over the world, but that is what your father is trying to do. If he succeeds, the colonies and their inhabitants will be destroyed. The government on earth will become a dictatorship and freedom will be abolished." He said, bending down to look in her eyes.
He covered one of her hands with his and said; "If only you would realize that then.." He left off. "Then what?" Mariemeia asked looking at his hand. "Then we wouldn't have to kill you and..." He answered. "And..." Mariemeia asked, hoping he was trying to say what she was thinking.
"I...It, It doesn't matter." He said standing. "Wufei," Mariemeia said. "Tell me everything that I wasn't told about OZ." She requested.
"That will take a long time." he replied.
"Well, I have till dawn." She said as Wufei sat down and told her of the destruction her father had caused.
Time Change
"My name is Mariemeia Khushrenada. I no longer wish to fight under the command of Trieze Khushrenada. I denounce my ranks and rights as an OZ soldier, and I apologize for the grief and problems I have caused while serving with OZ." Mariemeia said as she stared at the shocked civilians surrounding the podium.
"What are you going to fight for if it isn't for control?" Trieze asked standing three feet away. Mariemeia looked at Wufei who was standing by her side and said;
"Peace and justice." With that she walked off.
One year later:
The war had ended a month ago. Wufei, Trowa, Sally, everyone else had chosen to work as Preventers. Mariemeia took some time to find what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. Traveling throughout the colonies and down to earth, she couldn't find a civilian occupation she was happy with. She finally did what most of the other pilots did, she joined the Preventors.
She placed her files into one of the side drawers of her new mahogany desk. 'Mahogany' She thought and smiled. 'The color of Wufei's room'. After getting situated, she decided to walk the hallways and meet her follow Preventors. Not that many people were going happy with her working there, since she was the daughter of the man who created OZ. Only Une knew she was coming to work at preventor HQ.
She spotted Quatre and Trowa at the water fountain. They were chatting along when she taped them on the shoulders.
"Mariemeia?" Trowa said.
"That's me." She said as Quatre spit out the water he had been trying to drink.
"Oh my god! I can't believe you're here!" Quatre said excitingly, hoping up and down. Trowa jabbed him with his elbow, and pointed down the hallway. Quatre stopped hoping and said;
"Oh..um...Mariemeia, I think there's someone who would like to see you." He said, pointing at the last door in the hallway.
"Ookay..." Mariemeia said, walking towards the door.
She knocked, and got no answer. She let herself in and looked around. A big comfy chair was placed behind a redwood desk. Papers sat in neat piles and books covered a bookcase that reached way up to the high ceiling.
'This has to be Wufei's office.' She thought smiling as she went over to the bookcase and began looking through the novels.
Two arms suddenly appeared, pinning her against the bookcase. Before she had time to react, one of the hands took a book off the self and Wufei whispered in her ear; "
"I think you might like this one."
End.
A/N: Please review! Please please!
